2024 Joh Jos Prum Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett

94 pts
Feather-light, pure-slate perfection from the Mosel's most iconic face. It is a masterclass in unforced delicacy and low-alcohol crunch.

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"The wines are a stunning collection of real thrill—wonderfully classic and so expressive."
- Anne Krebiehl MW (Vinous)

"Vintages like this have become rare in this century—ones in which full fruit ripeness combines with lightness, fine slate spice and lively acidity..."
- Stephan Reinhardt (The Wine Advocate)

The 2024 Mosel harvest was a proper throwback for Katharina Prüm, forcing a late October dash that rewarded patience with a cool, classic, and entirely effortless style. If you want big, heavily extracted alcohol, look elsewhere. This vintage is all about pure charm, crystal-clear transparency, and light-footed composure.

Wehlener Sonnenuhr is the estate's headline act, a dizzying face of weather-shattered grey slate that breeds incredible complexity. Rather than messing with the fruit in the cellar, the winemaking relies on native yeasts and time-honoured traditions to let the vineyard speak without any artificial volume turned up.

That trademark Prüm reductive matchstick flick settles quickly, unlocking a stream of green orchard fruits, white peach skin, and wild summer blossoms. It sits lightly in the mouth, carrying an unforced grape sweetness that gets pinned down beautifully by a salty, wet-stone mineral finish.

94 points - “Wonderfully expressive nose of honeysuckle and fresh garden herbs. Juicy, light-bodied palate with creaminess, slatey minerality and very elegant acidity. Long, zesty finish with plenty of mandarin orange character.” - jamessuckling.com

92 points - “The 2024 Wehlener Sonnenuhr Kabinett displays lovely fruit intensity with subtle earthy notes, floral nuances and a hint of reduction. Full-bodied, juicy and piquantly racy on the palate, this is a fresh, elegant and ever-light-footed Kabinett yet with a sensual, juicy character.” - Stephan Reinhardt, The Wine Advocate

Katharina Prüm describes her 2024 Kabinett wines as “textbook”, and it is truly a great vintage for this level, as the notes below make clear. Only Graacher and Wehlener were produced. Both show the quality of this vintage in their own way and are deeply expressive of the site. In a nutshell, the wines are wonderfully intense, fresh and balanced. Although they will mostly be drunk young, they will also improve for at least 10 to 15 years, and 20 years will not weary them. They effortlessly stand up to a broad range of flavours: sashimi, lighter Asian dishes and tuna tartare, for example. But any seafood or white meat, really, and of course, they make beautiful aperitifs. All these wines sing loudest when matched with savoury dishes, but that’s especially true of the Kabinett wines.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type White
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Riesling
Country Germany
Region Mosel
Feature High Score
Iconic
Women in Wine
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Cork

Joh Jos Prum

Founded in 1911, and sporting one of the great unbroken track records for quality (save a short reprieve during World War II), J.J. Prum is one of the great wine producers of Germany, and indeed, the world.

These rare Rieslings are legendary for their incredible longevity, purity, and articulation of place. They are touted by critics as some of the finest examples of Riesling to be found anywhere on the planted. As Stephan Reinhardt once wrote, "the world always seems a better place with a glass of Prüm in hand."

The Prum family has seen the estate through three generations, with current director Dr. Katharina Prum taking hold of the reins during the 2007 harvest. With Katharina's commitment to tradition and quality from her family's label, J.J. Prum is sure to remain one of the benchmarks of the Mosel for decades to come.

Dr. Katharina Prum, Mosel Joh Jos Prum

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